Ripples of hope :
Press, Robert M.,
Ripples of hope : how ordinary people resist repression without violence / Robert M. Press. - 1 online resource (327 pages). - Protest and social movements ; 4 . - Protest and social movements ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.
Introduction -- Resisting repression without violence -- Sierra Leone -- Students shake the pillars of power -- Radical activism : from seeking regime reform to regime change -- Women help restore democracy -- Mass noncooperation helps defeat a violent junta -- Liberia -- Nonviolent resistance in abeyance -- Peaceful resistance during a civil war -- Kenya -- Individual resistance against repression -- Establishing a culture of resistance -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Methodology -- Interviews -- Comparative levels of repression -- Chronologies -- Abbreviations and significant terms.
Based on case studies in three African countries and new social movement theory, examines individual and group protests stood up to violence and oppression through mainly nonviolent means.
9048525152 9789048525157
10.26530/OAPEN_611225 doi
22573/ctt1961nsp JSTOR
Government, Resistance to--Africa--Case studies.
Nonviolence--Africa--Case studies.
Protest movements--Africa--Case studies.
Social movements--Africa--Case studies.
Gewaltloser Widerstand
Government, Resistance to.
Nonviolence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Protest movements.
Protestbewegung
Social interaction.
Social issues and processes.
Social movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Soziale Bewegung
Africa.
Kenia
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Africa Democracy Freedom Human rights Nonviolent resistance Opportunity Politics Social movements
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
JC571-628
323
Ripples of hope : how ordinary people resist repression without violence / Robert M. Press. - 1 online resource (327 pages). - Protest and social movements ; 4 . - Protest and social movements ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.
Introduction -- Resisting repression without violence -- Sierra Leone -- Students shake the pillars of power -- Radical activism : from seeking regime reform to regime change -- Women help restore democracy -- Mass noncooperation helps defeat a violent junta -- Liberia -- Nonviolent resistance in abeyance -- Peaceful resistance during a civil war -- Kenya -- Individual resistance against repression -- Establishing a culture of resistance -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Methodology -- Interviews -- Comparative levels of repression -- Chronologies -- Abbreviations and significant terms.
Based on case studies in three African countries and new social movement theory, examines individual and group protests stood up to violence and oppression through mainly nonviolent means.
9048525152 9789048525157
10.26530/OAPEN_611225 doi
22573/ctt1961nsp JSTOR
Government, Resistance to--Africa--Case studies.
Nonviolence--Africa--Case studies.
Protest movements--Africa--Case studies.
Social movements--Africa--Case studies.
Gewaltloser Widerstand
Government, Resistance to.
Nonviolence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Protest movements.
Protestbewegung
Social interaction.
Social issues and processes.
Social movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Soziale Bewegung
Africa.
Kenia
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Africa Democracy Freedom Human rights Nonviolent resistance Opportunity Politics Social movements
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
JC571-628
323